Character Display in old application

Hi there,
I am continuing updates on a VB6 program MyReels: at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~lmstearn.
It runs surprisingly well under Windows 8.1 for XPSP3 compatibility.
Unfortunately, there are now problems with character display that weren't seen in Win 8.0 or prior.
For example
Ellipsis "…" now displays as
ligature "æ" now displays as
(The two vertical lines on the right in the images can be ignored.)
Is there some kind of compatibility patch I can use to correct this?
Thanks for your interest!
A natural, B flat, C sharp, D compile

Hi,
This issue can be caused by encoding or compatibility issue.
Please check the similar issue in this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5882014/why-does-internet-explorer-9-show-weird-characters-on-utf8-and-whitespace-conten
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If your issue wasn't resolved, I suggest you submit new case on MSDN VB development support.
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